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Donkbaca:

It would seem that it would be against this rule:

from the site:

--- Quote ----Modifying and then distributing the MAME source code in such a way that is contrary to the MAMEdev policies in an effort to tailor the software towards home or commercial arcade cabinet use. This includes things like adding features and releasing the new version without the source code, or certain modifications such as removing the "nag screens" at the beginning of games that have information the MAMEdevs wish to impart regarding that game.
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from the mame-devs:

--- Quote ---Do not remove the startup screen that contains information about why certain non-working games don't work. This only serves to generate a bunch of useless email traffic to the developers asking why the games don't work.
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So from what I gather, compiling your own no-nag mame is fine, but distributing non-nag mame is a no-no


notroubleclubber:

Thanks
I've used mame compiler64 and as I have a normal p4 I've think I've managed to patch my own 0143 for 32bit.
Ta

EnC:


--- Quote from: Donkbaca on August 03, 2011, 07:18:32 pm ---It would seem that it would be against this rule:

from the site:

--- Quote ----Modifying and then distributing the MAME source code in such a way that is contrary to the MAMEdev policies in an effort to tailor the software towards home or commercial arcade cabinet use. This includes things like adding features and releasing the new version without the source code, or certain modifications such as removing the "nag screens" at the beginning of games that have information the MAMEdevs wish to impart regarding that game.
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from the mame-devs:

--- Quote ---Do not remove the startup screen that contains information about why certain non-working games don't work. This only serves to generate a bunch of useless email traffic to the developers asking why the games don't work.
--- End quote ---


So from what I gather, compiling your own no-nag mame is fine, but distributing non-nag mame is a no-no

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Those are not rules. It's not even part of MAME licence. Those are some "policies", someone's opinions, desires, whining and self-imposed importance. Even MAME licence does not have any real legal ground. Anyone can come up with whatever licences and rules they like, but that does not mean they have any legal or moral right to do so. I don't think even their copyright is valid, they know they can't copyright ROM dumps, but why do they think they are free to reverse engineer the rest of any PCB and claim copyright as if it's their own work?

You don't really think GroovyMAME is braking some rules and farting in the face of MAME developers, eh? Even official MAME actually had hi-score built in and was also supporting options to skip nag-screens, at some point, so I don't think anyone even has any right to complain, even if there was any actual reason or any real damage done.

Well Fed Games:


--- Quote from: notroubleclubber on August 03, 2011, 05:46:15 pm ---Ive read and reread how to compile my own mame 0.143 but i just dont get it!!!

Can i download a no nag/highscore version of mame 0.143 from somewhere or is this against the rules?



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Just so you know you're not alone, I tried compiling as well but had no luck. The idea of being able to modify MAME but not find a modified version easily was an early frustration in mine in this hobby.  :cheers:

syph007:


--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on August 03, 2011, 08:17:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: notroubleclubber on August 03, 2011, 05:46:15 pm ---Ive read and reread how to compile my own mame 0.143 but i just dont get it!!!

Can i download a no nag/highscore version of mame 0.143 from somewhere or is this against the rules?



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Just so you know you're not alone, I tried compiling as well but had no luck. The idea of being able to modify MAME but not find a modified version easily was an early frustration in mine in this hobby.  :cheers:

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It's easy once you've done it once.  The only trick is to make sure you are using the right version of the compiling tools fro the MAME version you are trying to build.  This page is what finally helped me figure that out.

http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=207730&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&new=1259743662

It's awesome to have control over the source and mod it the way you want.  For example I removed the need to hit a key after the save key.  So I can bind one key to save a state and another key to load a state with a single button press.

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